Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

A bright spot

after the depressing loss of Sherrif Andy:

The Encheferizer. Type in what you want, or copy paste, and it will turn it into Swedish Chefspeak. Sample:

I’m a loomberjeck und I’m OoK, I sleep ell neeght und I vurk ell dey!

Bork! Bork! Bork!

Wow. Andy Griffith, dead at 86.

From “No Time for Sergeants” all the way through to his most recent work, I enjoyed him. Ears like the open doors on a taxicab, and a face that looked like he was related to Dresie and Casie, he was something apart from the usual. Rest in peace, boss.

Update: The comedy monologue that helped launch his career.

I have whined

in the past about things that have gone that won’t be coming back. But on the radio this morning, I heard that they are barely making any more road maps.

I love road maps, I love to spread them out on a table and look for twisty roads in hilly regions, find singletrack and greenlanes, and I am one of the people who instinctively knows how to fold and unfold one, and can do so with one hand, while driving. I’mna miss those fuckers.

next up: gas stations give away cheap disposable GPS devices which give you advertisements for local businesses between directions